Huella hídrica en la agricultura en Colombia

Abstract

Colombia is a country with greater availability of fresh water and its geographical diversity and the diversity of ecosystems that have been favored in the availability of liquid, however, human activity has been exposed to the risk of supply and water quality. This article aims to determine how the calculation of the water footprint in the agricultural sector in Colombia, this footprint is understood as an indicator of consumption and contamination of fresh water. The methodology used for the realization of this article corresponds to a bibliographic review where theoretical and technical documents that give clarity to the concept of water footprint can be consulted, then the studies that analyze the subject in the context of Colombia are addressed. Although from the academic scope has contributed a concept of Water Footprint (HH), Green Water Footprint (HHV), Blue Water Footprint (HHA), Blue Water Footprint (HHA), as well as the methodology to measure, in Colombia, the Current issue is mainly done by the public institutions attached to the Ministry of the Environment, which have not been developed so that they have not been developed and the resources contributed to the quantification of their water footprint according to their activity, region and context. It is recommended a coordinated work between the environmental authorities, the unions of the agricultural sector so that the producer as well as the large size can calculate the footprint and with this there is more precise information, which should be grouped in a public database that allows a comparison, between crops, regions, techniques, among other aspects.